The sale of mixed-martial-arts company UFC and other buyout deals have raised concerns among regulators that banks and their clients are being too liberal with adjustments to earnings to justify more borrowing for the transactions.

New regulations governing combat sports in New York state mark a huge victory for mixed martial arts and its purveyors. But an insurance provision in the law has boxing promoters worried that their sport could be in danger.

Mixed martial arts has been banned in New York for nearly 20 years, blocked by longtime Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Now that he is out of the Legislature, his ally Deborah Glick is fighting to prevent the sport from becoming legal in the state.

The popular mixed martial arts circuit has scheduled a fight night for April 23 at Madison Square Garden. One catch: mixed martial arts fighting is banned in New York State. Will that change in time for the event?

On the eve of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first ever event in New York state on Saturday, UFC president Dana White talks about his decade-long effort to legalize MMA in New York, and what comes now.

A recent night of mid-level fights at the Aviator Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn, proved that boxing is thriving in New York, even in the age of mixed martial arts. The night even featured a new Guinness world record.